每日十个单词：day2

1、million

n. 百万，无数；num.百万
eg：

1. They pay him around $2 million net.
   他们净付给他约2百万美元。
2. Her old man left her a few million when he died.
   她老爸去世时留给了她好几百万。
3. Over 16 million men had died in combat.
   超过1600万在战争中阵亡。

2、responsibility

n. 责任, 职责, 负担, 可靠性 ; [化] 职责 ;
eg:

1. They frankly admitted their responsibility.
   他们坦率地承认了责任。
2. I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
   我对责任的艰巨性感到不知所措。
3. Her father carried a heavy burden of responsibility.
   她父亲肩负重任。

3、performance

n. 施行, 工作情况, 成绩, 行为, 表现, 演出 ; [电] 绩效, 性能 ;
eg:

1. He gave an electrifying performance.
   他做了一场令人振奋的表演。
2. The goalie's performance was immaculate.
   守门员的表现完美无缺。
3. Her performance electrified the audience.
   她的表演使观众兴奋不已。

4、appointment

n.委派，约会，委任的职位；[经]任命，派，指定；
eg:

1. His appointment had been cleared by the board.
   他的任命由董事会批准。
2. She arranged the appointment for Friday aftermoon at four-fifteen.
   她安排了周五下午四点一刻的约会。
3. He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things.
   他想和他安排一次约会以理清几件事情。

5、accord

n. 一致, 调和, 协定 ; vt. 给与, 使一致 ; vi. 相符合 ;
eg:

1. These results accord closely with our predictions.
   这些结果和我们的猜测相当一致。
2. This action would not be accord with our policy.
   这一行动不会符合我们的方针。

6、temperature

n. 温度, 发烧, 热度 ; [化] 温度 ;
eg：

1. The temperature is plus four degress.
   温度为零上四度。
2. The temperature fell sharply in the night.
   夜间温度陡降。
3. The temperature varies from 30 degress to minus 20.
   温度在30度至零下20度之间变化。

7、nation

n. 国家, 民族 ; [法] 民族, 国家 ;
eg：

1. The article captured the mood of the nation.
   这篇文章把国民的情绪把得很准。
2. To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.
   把这项协议强加于这个国家是错误的。
3. The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes.
   罢工浪潮使这个国家受到了重创。

8、program

n. 节目, 节目单, 程序, 纲要, 大纲, 计划 ; vt. 规划, 拟...计划 ; vi. 安排节目, 编程序 ; [计] 程序 ;
eg：

1. The program aired last week.
   该节目已于上周播出。
2. If the wrong password is given the program aborts.
   如果键入错误的密码，程序即中止。
3. This program accepts input from most word processors.
   这个程序可接受大多数文字处理系统输入的信息。

9、author

n. 作家, 作家的著作, 创始人 ; [法] 作者, 著作人, 本人 ;
eg:

1. Who is your favourite author?
   你最喜欢哪位作家？
2. He became an author late in life.
   他到晚年才成为作家。
3. They are all filed alphabetically under author.
   它们都是在作者一栏下面按字母顺序来归档的。

10、elevator

n. 电梯, 升降机 ; [化] 提升机 ;
eg:

1. The elevator rose with a shudder.
   电梯猛震一下，升上去了。
2. I punched the button to summon the elevator.
   我按电钮叫电梯。
3. We took the elevator to the fourteenth floor.
   我们乘电梯到了第14层。

11、report

n. 报告, 报道, 传说, 案情报告, 爆炸声, 成绩单 ; vt. 报告, 汇报, 转述, 报道, 揭发, 使报到 ; vi. 报告, 写报道, 报到 ; [计] 报告 ;
eg:

1. She glanced through the report.
   她大致浏览了一下报告。
2. The report blames bad management.
   报告归咎于管理不善。
3. Let me have your report by Friday.
   星期五以前要把你的报告交给我。

12、psychologist

n. 心理学家 ; [医] 心理学家 ;
eg:

1. He passed himself off as a senior psychologist.
   他自己冒充是一名资深心理学家。
2. They called in a psychologist to give an independent opinion.
   他们征询一位心理学家的独立意见。
3. A psychologist was found guilty of serious professional misconduct yesterday.
   昨天一名心理学家被判严重的失职罪。

13、focus

n. 焦点, 焦距 ; vi. 聚焦, 注视 ; vt. 使聚焦, 调焦, 集中 ; [计] 焦点 ;
eg:

1. Now the focus is on draining the water.
   现在的焦点是排水。
2. We need to shift the focus of this debate.
   我们需要转换一下辩论的焦点。
3. The problem was suddenly thrown into sharp focus.
   这个问题突然引起人们的密切关注了。

14、graph

n.图;图表;曲线图
eg:

1. The graph shows how house prices have risen since the 1980s.
   此图表明了自20世纪80年代以来房价上涨的情况。
2. Plot a graph of height against age.
   绘制一张身高与年龄对照的曲线图。

15、volunteer

n. 志愿者 ; a. 志愿的 ; v. 自愿 ;
eg:

1. Volunteer work gives her life (a sense of) purpose.
   做志愿工作使她的生活有了意义。
2. I helped launch a volunteer organization on campus.
   我帮助组建了一个校园志愿者组织。
3. She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week.
   她现在作为一名志愿者每周3天在当地一所学校帮忙。

16、relationship

n. 关系, 关联 ; [医] 关系 ;
eg:

1. Their relationship flowered.
   他们的关系变得更好了。
2. She is in a loveless relationship.
   她身陷一段没有爱情的关系中。
3. In any relationship, you have to make compromises.
   在任何关系当中，人们都得作出让步。

17、technology

n.科技;技术;工艺;工程技术;技术学;工艺学;技术性机器(或设备)
eg:

1. Technology is changing fast.
   技术日新月异。
2. This is the latest in robot technology.
   这是最新的机器人技术。
3. Our superior technology is our ace in the hole.
   我们的优越技术是我们手中的王牌。

18、environment

n. 环境, 外界, 围绕 ; [计] 环境 ;
eg:

1. Children need a caring environment.
   儿童需要一个充满关怀的环境。
2. The environment has become a very hot issue.
   环境已成为很热门的话题。
3. Quite rightly , the environment is of great concern.
   当然，环境问题人们极为关注。

19、professor

n. 教授 ;
eg:

1. I had met Professor Lown before.
   我以前见过劳恩教授。
2. He looked like a nutty professor.
   他看上去像个古怪的的教授。
3. He's the son of an Oxford professor.
   他是牛津大学一位教授的儿子。

20、opportunity

n. 机会, 时机 ;
eg:

1. This will be a marvellous opportunity for her.
   这对她可是千载难逢的机会呀。
2. This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.
   这正是我一直在期待的机会。
3. On the whole, people miss the opportunity to enjoy leisure.
   大体上说，人们都渴望享受休闲时光的机会。

ps: 其中十个是26号学的，今天补上。后面会常回来温习温习，不然就忘了。